Service difficulty report · Shear Tie · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
March 20, 2012
Submitted
March 21, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N435AA
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
49453
Aircraft time
77,696 hours, 35,809 cycles
Part
Shear Tie
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

SHEAR TIE CRACKED AFT OF 1451 AFT OF LONGERON 2 RIGHT. INSTALLED NEW CLIP-SHEAR TIE AT STATION 1451 LONGERON 2 RIGHT PER AARD 51-10-00-5, SRM 51-60-00,5F AND SRM 51-10-04,3A.

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